The following interview is as a result of a request from a team that participated in Solana Scribes content hackathon. Why did you choose to become a validator? Ubik Capital is one of the early supporters of the Solana project as validators, participating in the support of the...

Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePINs) are blockchain protocols designed to build, maintain, and manage physical-world infrastructures in an open and decentralized way. These networks use cryptocurrency tokens as incentives for developing tangible infrastructure in...

The blockchain trilemma is deeply rooted in the industry: It’s widely believed that blockchains are built in such a way that forces developers to sacrifice scalability, security, or decentralization in favor of the other two. Solana was designed to surpass this perceived...

Highlights from Breakpoint 2023

NFTs have been all the rage over the past few months, with a wide variety of platforms and marketplaces emerging to cater to the growing demand. Apart from Ethereum, one of the most popular blockchain protocols for NFTs is Solana, which offers a high transactional throughput and...

The play-to-earn revolution is picking up speed and even though most GameFi platforms are native to Ethereum’s network, Solana is also rising just as fast to become a go-to blockchain network for scalable games. Compared to Ethereum, Solana offers a much faster transaction speed....

Solana is one of the most popular and fast-growing programmable blockchain platforms with a strong focus on scalability. Compared to Ethereum, Solana has a much better transaction speed set to scale at a whooping 710,000 transactions per second and is, therefore, touted as a more...

This is a guide for users to learn step-by-step how to stake their $SOLs using Phantom web browser extension wallet and mobile wallet. Before explaining how to stake, let’s first look at what is Solana and how to buy $SOL. 1. What is Solana? Solana is an open source project that...

Solana is a new and open-source project maintained by The Solana Foundation, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Solana offers a fast and high-performance platform for developing programs, creating transactions, and managing cryptocurencies on a permission-less blockchain. Solana...

Learn how to stake SOL, the native token of the Solana Network, in this step-by-step guide. We are using the SolFare wallet and a Keystore File in this guide.